Intellectual property
You can not imagine how many time I have spoked about this topic in my lab...I am non an expert anymore but in general many people are afrai of any come from "common creative" "open source" and any looks like free in any condition. It is time to regulate better the Fablab Policiy licence and eventually patent.
Copyright and Patent,
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Patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem and is a product or a process.[1]:17 Patents are a form of intellectual property.
MADE IN FABLAB...e pur si muove! [Galileo Galilei]
It sound interesting project about the Fab Economy but seems to be just a start point...let's grow it!
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License For my Footballino
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Business Models
Future Development
One of my target in Fablab Network is scaling project made in Fablab into the market. I mean not into the Maker Faire or some other linked to the Fablab culture but "mass market", the big one! There is a lot of work to do but my Footballino could be a nice test for my main target in Fablab network First of all I need to develop a Smatphone App witch is not ready yet, second I have to integrate the wifi Antenna into the table. Third I have to connect the web app at bitcoin system...and also other payment like paypal or google wallet.
Last but not least I have to find some commercials partners and develope the project also by the specific that come from them
Markets, Partners, Income
There are mant different way to develop and distribute the project also because there are more than a single market. There is the table as "forniture " there is a table as "bar game" with coin or virtual coin payment sistem, there will be a table as a "phisiscal infrastructure" for a virtual comunity connected (and profiled) by a smartphone app
One could be try to find some factory of soccer table ( there are many in Italy) that are interested to buy and develope a project.
The second could be find some business dealer tha t work on soccer advertising market or in the slot machine and bar games, tha t want distribute and at least finance the project.
The third could be try to push the project into the Kikstarter page and see how many person are interested to develope this game
The fourth is a web app market that could finance the project by a transaction fee for any match, and sell profile of comunity for customized advertising marketing